strange sound

[6.5dieselman]

i started the truck up yesterday to move it and i notice it had a weird ticking sound coming fromt he right side. Also, when i hold it at about 1500rpm, there is a constant light bluish smoke coming fromt he exhaust and there is alot of smoke coming out of the RDT. Is this something small or could this cost me if not taken care of?

 

[6.5dieselman]

anyone?

 

[starmilt]

Possible valve guide.

 

[Full Monte]

You may have an injector ******* a stream of fuel into the cylinder. The ticking comes from the incompressibility of fuel in the liquid state. I would remove the injectors and have them tested.

 

[6.5dieselman]

You may have an injector ******* a stream of fuel into the cylinder. The ticking comes from the incompressibility of fuel in the liquid state. I would remove the injectors and have them tested.

i was kinda thinking that because sometimes it will go away when i give it throttle but does that explain the slight bluish smoke when i hold it at 1500+rpm?

 

[sootman73]

yea with incorrect fueling you'll get smoke and if its not atomizing the fuel to allow for ignition then it would be blueish/gray because it did not get hot enough to combust.

 

[6.5dieselman]

yea with incorrect fueling you'll get smoke and if its not atomizing the fuel to allow for ignition then it would be blueish/gray because it did not get hot enough to combust.

Thank god i hope that's all it is, i can't afford much more. i guess that also explains why it would almost stall on me in first gear/going up hill. i would never do it in a higher gear. i got real quite and you couldn't hear the clatter anymore but if i put it to the floor it started going again.

 

[sootman73]

well that might also be injection pump then but that's only a little more than injectors too. just more work....

 

[Agnem]

If it is doing it consistently, you can crack one injector line at a time and see if the smoke/noise goes away at that problem speed.

 

[6.5dieselman]

now that it's warm i will get to that soon